Mujica marvels, ties UCLA record: 8 RBI

By Nick Pellegrino
Updated: March 2, 2025

EAST COUNTY ALUMNI
Softball: UCLA catcher Sofia Mujica

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Sofia Mujica

FULLERTON – Granite Hills High alum Sofia Mujica, pne of the moist honored layers in East County and CIF-San Diego Section history, continued to tear it up for the UCLA Bruins.

On Saturday (Mar. 1), Mujica equalled an all-time UCLA record by driving in 8 runs, leasding the 4th-ranked Bruins to an easy 26-5 pasting of Weber State at the Judi Garman Classic at Anderson Family Field.

The freshman catcher belted her first pair of collegiate homers in the process. Mujica first belted a grand slam for an early UCLA lead. She later belted a 3-run homer, then tied the mark first set by Amanda Kamekona in 2008 on an RBI basehit.

Follow Mujica on her Instagram account HERE.

Other UCLA records were also set or almost were broken. READ HERE.

While at Granite Hills, Mujica set a CIF state record with 60 career homers. Her single-season best of 17 also tied a section record set by another Bruisn standout, Lisa Dodd.

She was a CIFSDS section player of the year, an East County player of the year, and was also California state Player of the Year by several media outlets.

In club ball, she was also in the Team USA program in 2024, participating in the WBSC U-18 World Cup Group Stage Event in Dallas, Texas. FULL BIO